Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Cry Wolf Quotes
[Mandating that businesses share trade secrets with the EPA is a] formidable burden [that may] ruin many businesses.
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From Joel R. Burcat & Arthur K. Hoffman, “The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986: An Explanation of Title III of SARA”. Only date available: January, 1988.
Right-to-Know: Much Pain, Little Gain [for Small Businesses]
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The title of an article by Kevin L. Bromberg, Assistant Chief Counsel for Energy and Environment at the Bush Administration’s Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. Only date available: September/October 1988.
[Requiring small businesses to report their toxic releases would] cost thousands of dollars for over 100,000 small business facilities, many of which have profits in the $10,000 range.
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George Bush’s Small Business Administration feared that the cost of the right-to-know law would be prohibitive.
To expect well over half a million small businesses to adhere to these extensive requirements would be regulatory overkill.
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Frank S. Swain, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, of the Reagan’s Small Business Administration.
